The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast

Latest Episode

The 2025 season brings new hosts to the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast! Yvette Hampton is joined by Aby Rinella, Meeke Addison, Kristi Clover, and Cindy West, to share Biblical homeschooling, parenting, and family discipleship encouragement and advice. Each show shares practical tips to help point our children to Christ, build a solid Biblical worldview, teach effectively, preserve our marriages, manage our homes, and approach child-rearing and discipline issues with a heart-centered focus that will result in confident, biblically-minded, wise, well-balanced adults.

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Raising Kids (to be Adults) - Jonathan Brush

Conventional education keeps students at their desks, actively undermines their faith in Christ, and forces most to start their life in debt. A real alternative is desperately needed.

Yvette Hampton talks with Jonathan Brush about growing our children into Christian leaders by providing the tools, community, and experiences that enable an extraordinary life of purpose.

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The Price is Right! Nancy Manos

Yvette Hampton talks with Nancy Manos about the price we pay to homeschool and reminds us why we started this homeschool journey and how we can finish strong.

Being a homeschooling family requires a great deal of sacrifice and investment. As an experienced homeschool mom who taught her children at home all the way through high school, Nancy Manos will tell you that the price is absolutely right!

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Let Freedom Ring! The Fight for Homeschool Freedom - Zan Tyler

Do you find it difficult to trust in a world that's seemingly gone mad? How can we learn to trust the Lord through hard times? Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella talk with veteran homeschool mom, speaker, and author, Zan Tyler about how she learned to put all her trust in her Savior through some very difficult and life altering situations.

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Rest for the Weary - Rachael Carman

Are you weary? Are the pressures of life, homeschooling, parenting, etc. overwhelming you? Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella talk with long-homeschool mom, Rachael Carman, about how to let go and find peace and joy in your homeschool. Learn with us how to replace Worship for Worry, Acknowledgement for Anxiety, and Prayer for Panic.

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Gameschooling! Cindy West

What in the world is “Gameschooling?” It’s where fun meets education and it can literally bring life to your entire homeschool day! Yvette Hampton talks with Cindy West about this great way to make homeschooling fun (and still fabulously educational).

Sometimes it’s hard to get rid of the “traditional school” mindset as we know it and venture into new ideas. But incorporating games into our homeschool creates countless opportunities for learning, social and communication skills, building relationships, creative thinking, problem solving, and…FUN!

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Building Routine into Your Homeschool Day - February Q&A - Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella

Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella answer your questions about moving to a new town with a much smaller homeschool community and how to build routine into your homeschool day. You are sure to be encouraged!

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For the Love of Homeschooling - Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella

We all love our kids, but how do we show it? Or do we show it? What does the Bible have to say about love? Sometimes love doesn’t come naturally and oftentimes we have to really work at it. Thankfully, God has provided us with a beautiful blueprint on how to love those in our lives. Join Yvette and Aby as they talk through this important topic and give suggestions on how to love your family well.

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I Hate Homeschooling - Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella

I Hate Homeschooling! When will the yellow bus be here? Where do I sign them up for “real school?” Have you ever had any of these thoughts?

Join Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella as they discuss the many reasons why some hate homeschooling, then be encouraged as they share some ways to combat those feelings of discouragement, anxiety, and inability.

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For Such a Time as This - Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella

How do we remain steadfast at home while the world is seemingly on fire? We turn to God’s Word and heed His instructions to us. We MUST gird up and teach our kids to do the same. He is a merciful God with a great plan and, like Queen Esther, He has each one of us here for such a time as this!

Join Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella for this encouraging conversation on the important role of mothers and how to live with courage.

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Public School Exodus - Heidi St. John

“I can’t afford to homeschool.” “I don’t have what it takes.” “I’m not patient enough.” “My kids won’t be socialized.” “My kids are called to be salt & light.” “The public schools in our area are excellent.”

These are the reasons we often hear why parents choose to keep their kids in public school. But what’s really going on in the classrooms, behind closed doors, and on the playground? What are our children really being exposed to and is it happening in YOUR neighborhood?

Join Yvette HamptonAby Rinella, and Heidi St. John as they tackle the important topic of public schools and why we need to get our kids out NOW!

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Series and Topic Directory

The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast is hosted by Yvette Hampton, Aby Rinella, Meeke Addison, Kristi Clover, and Cindy West. The podcast shares Biblical homeschooling, parenting, and family discipleship encouragement and advice. Guests include cast members from the the feature-length documentary, Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution, speakers, authors, pastors, educators, curriculum publishers, and REAL moms and dads with families and stories just like yours. Each show shares practical advice to help point our children to Christ, build a solid Biblical worldview, teach effectively, preserve our marriages, manage our homes, and approach child-rearing and discipline issues with a heart-centered focus that will result in confident, biblically-minded, wise, well-balanced adults.

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